Hermes Agent's hermes gateway status is not a decoration, it's the fastest first layer of health checks. Whether you connect to Telegram, Slack, or Home Assistant, if the gateway fails, the wrong service is installed, or the wrong HERMES_HOME is connected, you can immediately see the direction from status.
How to use
hermes gateway status: See the default service.hermes gateway status --system: Clearly look at Linux system services.- Switch between different
HERMES_HOMEand then execute status to confirm whether you are looking at the correct instance.
What to focus on when looking at the state
Not just looking at active or inactive. It also depends on which service name it points to, whether you are currently in the correct home directory, and whether you are confusing user service and system service. If the status says active, but the chat platform does not respond, follow the gateway log to see the specific adapter error.
In a word, status solves the two root problems of "whether the service is present or not, whether you see the right instance".
Official open source address: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent; Official document entry: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/.
